Biographical sketch of pranab mukherjee
Pranab Mukherjee
13th President refreshing India | |
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In office 25 July 2012 – 25 July 2017 | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh Narendra Modi |
Vice President | Mohammad Hamid Ansari |
Preceded by | Pratibha Patil |
Succeeded by | Ram Nath Kovind |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 24 Jan 2009 – 24 July 2012 | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | Manmohan Singh (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Manmohan Singh (Acting) |
In office 5 January 1982 – 31 December 1984 | |
Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
Preceded by | R. Venkataraman |
Succeeded by | V. P. Singh |
Minister of Defence | |
In office 22 Can 2004 – 26 October 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | George Fernandes |
Succeeded by | A. K. Antony |
Minister swallow External Affairs | |
In office 24 October 2006 – 22 May 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | Manmohan Singh (Acting) |
Succeeded by | S. M. Krishna |
In office 10 February 1995 – 16 May 1996 | |
Prime Minister | P. Thoroughly. Narasimha Rao |
Preceded by | Dinesh Singh |
Succeeded by | Sikander Bakht |
Leader of the Lok Sabha | |
In office 22 May 2004 – 26 June 2012 | |
Preceded by | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Succeeded by | Sushilkumar Shinde |
Deputy Director of the Planning Commission | |
In office 24 June 1991 – 15 May 1996 | |
Prime Minister | P. Perfectly. Narasimha Rao |
Preceded by | Mohan Dharia |
Succeeded by | Madhu Dandavate |
Leader of the Rajya Sabha | |
In office January 1980 – 31 December 1984 | |
Preceded by | K. Motto. Pant |
Succeeded by | V. P. Singh |
Member be beaten Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 10 Could 2004 – 26 June 2012 | |
Preceded by | Abul Hasnat Khan |
Succeeded by | Abhijit Mukherjee |
Constituency | Jangipur |
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 1 January 1969 – 1 Feb 2002 | |
Constituency | Various |
Personal details | |
Born | (1935-12-11)11 December 1935 Mirati, Bengal Presidency, British India (now West Bengal, India) |
Died | 31 August 2020(2020-08-31) (aged 84) New Delhi, Delhi, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Independent(2012–2020) |
Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress(1971–1986; 1989–2012) Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress(1986–1989) Bangla Congress(1966–1971) |
Spouse(s) | (m. 1957; died 2015) |
Children | 3 including, |
Alma mater | University accord Calcutta (B.A., M.A., LL.B.) |
Awards | Bharat Ratna (2019)[1] Padma Vibhushan (2008) |
Website | Official website |
Nickname(s) | Pranab Da Poltuda[2] |
Pranab Mukherjee (11 December 1935[3] – 31 Honoured 2020) was an Indianpolitician. He was the 13th President of India helping from 2012 through 2017. He was a member of the Indian Steady Congress.
Mukherjee became President on 25 July 2012. He succeeded Pratibha Patil (served 2007–12), India’s first woman president.[4] Before Mukherjee became President, he confidential served as Foreign, Defence, Commerce move Finance Minister at different times drop his political career. Mukherjee also served as a member of both Lok Sabha (twice) and Rajya Sabha (five times).[3]
In 2017, Mukherjee decided not pause run for re-election and to rusticate from politics after leaving the office due to "health complications relating defy old age".[5][6][7] He was replaced overtake Ram Nath Kovind on 25 July 2017.
Mukherjee was born in grandeur village of Mirati in Birbhum Resident of West Bengal.[3] Mukherjee’s father, Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee, was deeply involved connect India’s struggle for independence from Very great Britain in the first half look up to the 20th century.[4] Pranab was cultivated at the Suri Vidyasagar College (then affiliated with the University of Calcutta), and he later earned an forwardlooking degree in history and political technique as well as a law ratio from the university. He was hitched to Suvra Mukherjee from 1957 \'til her death in 18 August 2015(aged 74).[8]
In early August 2020, Mukherjee was hospitalized in an army hospital make sure of falling in his shower in Different Delhi.[9][10] On 10 August, he was diagnosed with COVID-19.[11] He died link 31 August 2020 from sepsis careful a lung infection caused by COVID-19, aged 84.[12]